184 ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF TENASSERIM 



in Mauliiiain was placed in the exposed leafless fork of a tree, 

 not above six feet from the ground. It contained no eggs when 

 I examined it, and was deserted a day or two after. This was 

 in the beginning of May. 



468 quint. — Iora lafresnayii, Lath. 



I once got a straggler of this species on the Zammee river 

 as mentioned in Stray Feathers, Vol. VI., A pp. I, p. 516. 

 A second specimen was shot by me on the 8th February 1880, 

 on the Queebaw choung, Thoungyeen river. It was a male 

 and measured in the flesh : — 



Length, 6*79 ; expanse, 9*5 ; wing, 2*8; tail, 2'4 ; tarsus, 0'85. 



Bill from gape, 10 ; bill, legs, and feet plumbeous ; the ridge 

 of the upper inaudible shaded with horny ; hides brown ; 

 claws horny. 



469.— Irena puella, Lath. 



Common throughout the Thoungyeen as elsewhere in ever- 

 green forests. 



The following note on a nest and eggs that I took may be 

 interesting :— 



On the 11th April I was slowly clambering along a very 

 Bteep hill-side overlooking the Queebaw choung, a small tribu- 

 tary of the Meplay stream, when from a tree, whose crown was 

 below my feet, I startled a female Irena puella off her nest. 

 I could see the nest aud that it contained two eggs, so I shot 

 the female who had taken to a tree a little above me. On get- 

 ting the nest down, I found it a poor affair of little twigs, with 

 a superstructure of moss, shaped into a shallow saucer, on 

 which reposed two eggs, large for the size of the bird, of a dull 

 <rreenish white, much dashed, speckled, and spotted with brown. 

 They were so hard set that I only managed to save one, which 

 measured 1*09 by 0*77 inches. 



472.— Oriolus melanocephalus, Lin. 



Common in the Thoungyeen, as throughout the province. 



475.— Copsychus saularis, Lin. 



The same remark applies to this as to the above species. 1 

 have not only found it in open country, but also in the densest 

 evergreen forests. 



476.— Cercotrichas macrura, Gm. 



This bird is as common as the preceding, but never like it 

 approaches very close to or perches on the tops of houses. 

 The following is a note about its nidification : — 



